The Quest of
Betty Lancey
Hy MAG-DA r. WBST
Copyrisht, 1909, by W. Q. Chapman. Copyritht In Great Britain
CHAPTER III.
They held the Inquest that same
Afternoon, and In the room where
Cerleso Wayne's body had been found.
Dr. McGann, the coroner, could find
no trace of violence on the young and
porfect body.
"Sho died of heart failure." he re
marked, very simply. "Probably the
nnlmal who caused the police such
fright and trouble gained access to the
room, and the sight and shock were
too much for her patently fragile con
stitution to withstand. Remember,
that this apparition has brought on
Mrs. Desterle a stroke of paralysis,
and may result In the permanent de
rangement of her mind.
"I have wired Doubleday, Franz &
Co., In San Francisco," he continued.
"Thlr reply Just received is that they
know but little about Cerlsse Wayne.
They declare that they knew her as
Mrs. Wayne. Also that for five
years past $2,000 a month has been de
posited to her credit with them. Parke
'& Gray, solicitors, of London, Eng
land, have handled the drafts sent to
the San Francisco bankers. Mrs.
Wayne drew on this amount so freely
that at times her balance was practi
cally nothing, and frequently her ac
count showed a small overdraft For
the past several months, however, her
demands on the account have been
very slight. Last month 4,000 was
sent for her credit, and her present
balance is approximately $6,000. Be
sides this they have a casket, said to
contain almost priceless Jewels, that
belong to her. A copy of a photograph
of Mrs. Wayne, which they have in
their possession, has been forwarded,
and Henry Franz, one of the Junior
members of the firm, is coming East to
view the body. They report they have
cared for her mall for some time past,
and during this time she has had it
forwarded to nearly every imaginable
point, both In this country and abroad.
In her handbag there was nearly $150
and nothing to indicate that she had
been mentally depressed or was In poor
health. Over-indulgence in cigarettes
may have unduly excited her mind. It
Is patent that she read and smoked till
she grew drowsy and then lightly
tossed her book aside. Possibly she
wakened from some quiet dream to be
Jhold that creature In the room, and
died of fright There was one second
of Intense horror and all was over."
"How did that that that get In,
aoctor?" interrupted the still dishevel
ed Doherty.
"Don't you know that there's no place
on the front of this, nor any other
bulldln' in the block where a cat could
crawl up for a footin? Ain't they ail
smooth sandstone, worn as slick as me
last year's coat And wasn't both of
the windows there closed and locked
In . the bargain, and no chimney In the
room? Maybe the creature killed the
prltty little girl after it got in al
right, but how did it get in? Here's
another thing. Will ye look at that
bed? Now there's been two people
sleeping In that bed, sir, one of them
far heavier and bigger than the poor
little girl you've Just been Inquestlng
over. And here, now, Is a cigarette
stub that's different from the others
stronger, can't you see?"
The policeman held out the stub In
question, and it was passed wonder
lngly from hand to hand, and later'
marked exhibit "A."
"Entrance might have been effected
from the hall," said the Coroner with
n puzzled frown.
-"So? Wasn't the door bolted from
the Inside? Can't you see where It
was broke to get in?" retorted Do
herty. "Ah, someone was Inside and rush
ed out when Mrs. Desterle opened the
door," muttered Larry Morris of the
"Times."
Everybody in the room directed his
attention to the corner where the
newspaper folk were sitting. There
were eight or ten men In the little
group and one woman, a fair, calm
eyed girl, Betty Lancey of the "In
quirer." Betty was barely 23, one of
those tall, athletic, wholesome girls
who demand classification in the men
tal menu as well-cooked oatmeal with
rich cream, country honey, baked
apples or new milk. Larry Morris
was very much in lbve with Betty,
but he didn't know it and neither did
sho.
Pierre Desterle denied Larry Mor
ris' suggestion. His wife Annie Des
terle could not come as a witness to
corroborate his statement. Raving
and shrieking they had carried her off
to the hospital hours before. Pierre,
for his wife, and himself, told all he
knew of their unfortunate boarder.
"Sho came Monday night," quavered
the little black-skinned" fellow, "She
was all dressed In green. She had the
prettiest eyes you ever saw, they were
Just like those of a hurt baby. So many
violets were pinned on her breast you'd
have thought 'twould have wearied her
to carry them. She brought no trunks,
only the green bag there. Said she
wanted room and board for two weeks
and would pay well for them. Annie
took her because of what she paid, and
becuuse she was so pretty. She slept
lato mornings and Annie was going to
make her move to-morrow because sho
slept so late it made breakfast drag
ulong till noon. The women In the
house didn't like Miss Wayne. They
said she painted her face and smoked
cigarettes. The men made soft eyes
at hor and the woman got Jealous.
Annie said sho had awful line things
in her valise, and lots of Jewelry, An
nie came up Btalrs to wake her, for it
was lunch time, and then It all hap
pened. There couldn't anybody have
rushed down the stairs. I was In the
hall whon Annie fell, and Doherty was
with me, and he camo right up here
after we'd carried Annie to hor room.
That was the only time tho hall was
alone."
"How long did that take you, Do
horty?" asked Johnny Johnson of tho
newspaper coterie. He was thinking
that the Coroner was a shade too Judi
cial and prosy about the Inquiry.
"Some six minutes or so," slowly an
swered Doherty. "Mrs. Destorlo's a
weight to carry; she's pretty fat. you,
know, lately. Her room, too, It's clear
back on tho second floor.
They read the letters aloud. Tho
enterprising newspaper boys had al
ready had them photographed so that
their papers might reproduco them.
The longer of the two was undated,
the other bore dato of eight months
previous, In mid-August and ran:
"Cerlsse Dear Heart of mine, I
havo so longed for a letter. Do you
still refuse to remember? Will you
not forgive or must I die without word
or sign from you? Forgive me, Cerlsse,
dear, forgive me."
The other, couched more formally,
though In the same writing, read:
"Cerlsse So the wander-lust still
pervades your heart? Can you calm
your restless mind and soul and body
sufficiently long to realize that home,
husband, children and tho develop
ment of womanhood's Ideals is tho
tithe life exacts from each of your
sex?
"You must pay now, Cerlsse, or pay
at the end. If you defer payment of
your Indebtedness to the scheme of all
creation till the end you will And the
Interest hard to handle. I shall ap
peal no more. Entreaties do not
move you. Neither do threats and
commands are naught to you. But let
me Impress one thing upon you. If
you do not return to me before the
first of the coming year, I will kill
j-ou. Do you understand what I mean
when I write this? I have never
seemed able to make you comprehend
anything I have ever written or said.
You won't understand this, you won't
realize that you will be dead, murder
ed, before tho blossoms weight the
orchards if you still persist in absent
ing yourself from H."
"Seems to me that 'H,' whoever 'H
Is, must have been Intoxicated, de
ranged or doped on his correspondence
course," whispered Larry Morris to
Betty Lancey.
"Oh, don't Joke," replied Betty.
"How can you at such time? Such a
beautiful woman as she was, too. I'd
have loved to havo seen her as she
must have been when she was alive."
"Death from causes unknown. Prob
ably heart failure superinduced by
fright" came the Coroner's verdict
This ultimatum disposed of the
body, which was burled next day. But
it didn't of the Monster. That was
in a cage in the municipal zoological
gardens, snarling, whining and mak
ing the hours hideous. And it didn't
dispose of the story. That went flash
ing around the world on the wires,
while newspapers the country over
seized the scent to track the "greatest
crime mystery of the age."
CHAPTTER IV.
Early next morning Larry Morris
sat In Le Roy's cafe, an all night res
taurant and rendezvous of the news
paper men, Industriously disposing of
a roast beef sandwich.
Larry's forehead was twisted into
half a dozen corrugations. Ho was
hoping none of tho boys would come
In till he had got this Wayne story a
little clearer in his head. Larry and
two photographers had made three
trips out to the Park to see tho awful
Thing which some apt reporter had
christened the Man-aperllla.
One by one the boys came trooping
in. And tho Wayne murder was tho
topic of the night
Til tell you what it Is, boys," said
Hank Smith. "That Man-Aperilla is
half-human and I know It When
those white and black eyes were turn
er upon me I felt my soul crawl out
from under me, and I was left there
hanging in space. Tell you what it Is,
there's a story there."
"Cut It, Hank, cut it," called little
red-headed John Johnston, the best
police reporter In town. "Here, Ma
mie," to tho waitress, "bring Hank
some eatings so the rest of us can
take a rubber at tho conversational
game. Wasn't that girl a stunner,
though? And did you notice, too, what
a dead match that her hair was for
the color of the pelt on tho beast?"
Now every man at the table had
noted Just that point. It was so ob
vious a point that it was startling.
Each had been loath to launch an opin
ion on it. But Johnny had a way.
with him of pumping all you knew by
bold plays. Each man took counsel
with himself wondering what Johnny
would do next For ten years theso
boys and Johnny had met every Mon
day night, and the crowd had learned
when to give him rope.
But Just now Johnny and his bowl
of rice and milk relapsed into silence
while his companions ranged far In
wild theories of who "II" was, what
part ho had played in tho life and
death of Corisso Wuyne, whether sho
was wife, widow, murdered or simply
another victim of the suicide list
By and by Johnny dug down Into
ono of the over bulging pockets of his
always baggy trousers. Tho by-word
was that Johnny always looked so
much like a burglar that he never had
any troublo gaining the confident of
tho rather reticent pcoplo of th pro
fession.
"Hunting for a quartor, Johnny, or a
toothpick?" questioned Larry Morris.
"Hero, look at this," answorod John
ny. Into their midst ho twirled tho some
thing ho had drawn from his pocket.
It was a man's garter of lavender silk
elastic, tho bucklo hnnd wrought from
rose gold, set round with amethysts
and on tho faco tho Initial "H," worked
out In emeralds and amethysts of ox
cosslve smalluess but exceedingly great
brilliancy.
"Whero did you got that?" camo tho
chorus.
"Well." said Johnny, "llaton. I pick
ed this up in tho Desterle house about
an hour ago. Say, everybody about
that house has got stago fright Thoy
aro all moving out. An earthquako
couldn't movo them quicker than thoy
aro going. Tho death watch has got
its grip on tho whole thlrty-flvo board
ers. Moro than half of thorn aro speed
ing away to spend tho night with
hand-baggage only. Great show, too,
to watch thorn hustle out I'm going
to sleep up there to-night I picked
this garter up In tho closot whore It
had rolled down behind a llttlo shelf.
Now women, you know, don't wear
garters like this."
"Might" bellowed Hank Smith.
"Saw a telegraph story the other day
that thoy had taken to wearing half
hose in New York."
"But here's tho question," continued
Johnny, "no man in tho house knew
Mrs. Wayne nor anything about hor.
Why, tho only decent word any ono
of those curious passed about hor was
that no ono had como to see hor slnco
she arrived, and that sho had appeared
embarrassed when her follow boardors
of tho sex masculine attempted to pay
her any attention."
"I'll Just wager that Bho was some
poor, sweet llttlo girl who had mar
ried some old fool for his monoy," in
terposed Philip Hartley, whoso sym
pathetic heart beat for all the mis
treated women In tho world. "She's
found him unbearable, and refusod to
live with him, and he's Just hounded
her to death. That 'H may have stood
for 'Hubby," In tho letter that had the
threat to kill her. I bollovo she's been
taking slow poison, and camo here
where sho wasn't known to snuff It off
quietly."
"How about tho Man-Aperllla?"
flouted Larry Morris. "Proceed, Jules
Verne II. Why don't you go farther,
and have It a trained ape sent carrier
pigeon, bloodhound-fashion by the
ogre-husband, to choke her to death?"
"Because sho wasn't choked," con
tended Hartley. "Heavens, what a
woman she must havo been."
"Oh, to kill from Jealousy," Ued
Hank Smith. "Why, hallo; hero's let
ty Lancey at this hour of tho morning.
Betty, don't you ever get through
work? And you're all out of breath.
What's wrong. Mamie, got hor some
tea. What Is the matter, Betty?"
Betty, white as print paper, Bunk on
a chair. Her big blue eyes were open
ed wide. "Boys," she Bald. "Como
with me; come quick, don't say a word,
but tell me, am I crazed or dreaming;
has it really happened or am I imv
lons? Oh, no! don't stop to finish eat
ing; come quick or It will be too late.
I am afraid to stop alone In that aw
ful room. You know I missed my train
home and stopped at the hotel to
night and, oh, it startled me so."
"What's up, anyhow?" asked John
ny. "Tell the rest of them, Betty.
I'm going up to get chummy with the
mystery, sleeping all night in tho Des
terle house. Maybe I'll havo a visi
tation, seeing as how my own head is
some reddish. 'Tlsn't like you to have
stage fright Betty."
"I haven't got it," Bho snapped.
"But Just as I started to get Into bed
and went over to ralso the shade, I
looked across the court Into one of the
other rooms of the hotel. And In there
what do you think I saw?"
Womanlike Betty paused to give her
audience a thrill.
"Oh, nonsense; out with It," com
manded the boys.
"Cerlsse Wayne, her ghost or her
double, and tho handsomest man I over
saw!"
(To be continued.)
A Sturtllnir Mo.
A traveling salesman died very Bud
denly In Pittsburg. H1b relatives tele
graphed the undertaker to make a
wreath; the ribbon Bhould be extra
wide with the inscription, "Rest in
Peace" on both sides, and If there la
room, "We Shall Meet in Heaven."
The undertaker was out of town
and his new assistant handled the Job.
It was a startling floral piece which
turned up at the funeral.
The ribbon was extra wide and bore
tho Inscription, "Rest in Peace on
Both Sides, and If There is Room We
Shall Meet in Heaven."
Often the Cnae.
The editor of the magazine was
somewhat dubious.
"Curious," said ho, "that this anec
dote of Napoleon has never been In
print before."
"It has been in print before," ex
plained the space writer, "but not at
tached to Napoleon." Loulsvlllo
Courier-Journal.
Agreeable.
Mistress I don't want you to have
bo much company. You have moro
callers In a day than I havo in a
week.
Domestic Well, mum, perhaps If
you'd try to be a llttlo more agreeable
you'd have as many friends as I hava
Puck.
A WiiNte of Mime', '
Hub Reckless and oxtravagant It
When did I ever make a useless pur
chase? Wife Why, there's that flro extin
guisher you bought a year ago; we've
nover used It once. Exchange.
Til kin If die Tlim,
"Why did Dollarhy Bell his hotel?"
"He wasn't making money fast
enough."
"What Is ho doing now?"
"He's luxuriating in tho position oi
head waiter." Washington Star,
FASHION HINTS
This outinp suit of rose colored linen
has small tucks panncled in the sides of
the blouse and skirt. Black linen Is used
for the belt, collar and deep cuffs.
A jaunty tie Is drawn through tho
slash In the blouse front, giving just the
required dash to the whole, Ji
UftATMB A LAKI3.
Preparntorr to a Dlir OH Ventnr
Through Dorinv In It" Bed.
A fight for titlo to 4,400 acros of Per
ry Lake in Caddo pariah, southwest
Louisiana, and Bald to bo an oil Hold
valued at approximately $5,000,000, has
boon begun before Commissioner Don
nott of tho general land offlco. The
claimant is John B.King of Toxarkano.
Texas, who mado entry over ono year
ago undor tho placor mining act. Ho
claims that tho aroa of tho lake was
nover turned ovor by tho government
to tho State of Louisiana, and as tho
attoruoy general of that State did not
put In an appearanco yesterday It Is
believed that the State Is content to lot
tho general government deal with tho
proposition boforo It In any manner
It may deem advisable
Former Representative John J. Lcntz
of Columbus, Ohio; J. A. Tellior of
LltUe Rock, Ark., and J. D. Kornor,
alBO of tho capital of Ohio, mado up
tho legal array which presented Mr.
King's side of the caso. At tho close
of the argument Commissioner Den
nett took tho matter under advlBoment.
Ho did not announce when a decision
will be rendered In tho matter.
For several months past It has been
belloved that the State officials of Lou
isiana wore going to put up a vigorous
fight for tho lako, which also has a
considerable area In tho State of Tex
as. Several years ago, while prospect
ing over tho general oil Held In tho
section whero the lake Is located, Mr.
King discovered that while the Stand
ard Oil Company had located Its wells
on all sides of the property, no attempt
had been mado to locato on tho lako.
He then went to work, and made a
close examination of the records bear
ing on the question of title to tho land
on which tho lako lies. ThlB was for
merly government land before tho back
water from tho Red River overflowed
the section and left the lako. He ascer
tained, bo it was pointed out in tho ar
gument of the attorneys before Com
missioner Dennett yesterday that tho
lake was never turned over by the
general government to tho State of
Louisiana, and ho lost no tlmo in mak
ing an entry on tho 4,400 acres in ques
tion, which Is believed to bo tho rich
est In the section In point of possiblo
oil fields.
With his entry ho then mado his
plans to bring tho matter to the atten
tion of the commissioner of tho gen
oral land office, so as to perfect tho ti
tle before he begins operations for lo
cating oil wells. He talked at length
yesterday of tho question and pointed
out that as the lake Is only about two
or three feet deep It will bo a campara
tlvely easy matter to locate oil wells In
all parts of the area covered by the
4,400 acres In question. Mr. King Is
positive from tho Investigations he has
mado that tho area Is of Immense valuo
and hopes as soon as he gets title to
begin operations.
The section in which tho lako la lo
cated In both Texas and Louisiana Is
looked upon by oil experts everywhere
as a particularly rich oil country, and
this fact has been singularly brought
out, It 1b declared, by reason of the fact
that tho Standard Oil Company has
como Into tho section nnd bought up
all the land bordering on tho lake
Washington Star.
A IJuddliijf Mcrclituit.
Tho Jeweler had loft his now boy In
ohargo of the atore whllo ho went
homo to his dinner, but not until he
cautioned tho youth that all tho gooda
were marked and that ho must not let
anyone take goods with him unlosa
they wore paid for.
"Well, Sam," he asked unon his re
turn, "did you havo any customers?"
"You botl" Bald Sam. gleefully. "And
I got bla money, too! I sold ono man
all thoso brass rings you had that
wero marked 18c on the Inside, and
here's tho money a dollar and ninety
olght ntsj" Judge.
Ilearardlnsr Immlurrnnta.
Thoro has been during the part yoar
An Increase of 500,000 in the Immigrant
population of tho Unltod States. In
tho moantlmo about 250,000 immi
grants returned homo, Investigation
shows that of thoBo who return to tholr
Europoan homes tho vast majority aro
unakllled laborers whoso stay hero has
been comparatively brief. Tho mo-
chanlca and artisans Btay In tholr now
homos.
GERMAN SPIES IN ENGLAND
Story About Teutonic Wli Ile
Tl ' menace" with which Afri
cans boenmo famlllnr during tho
and which generally took the arm or
Japanese butlora who wore tea ' "
la now getting In Us wuno old Ion 1
work In England. Over thoro tho
threat" U of an Angto-Gormnn war,
so So "nionaco" naturally bocomcfl u
Toutonlc waiter. ..(
Under tho heading "A Real Monaco,
a man writes to tho Gentlewoman n
'""PnmBt confess that without boln
In tho least a Bcnrosnongor tho pros
enco of such crowds of foreigners In
our midst does not tend to make i ono
fool altogether comfortable. Mob of
all does tho German waiter flourish ut
all tho restaurants, whother smart or
otherwise, all over this groat London
of ours, and In caso of an nvaslon
from oversea what part would these
goutry play In tho general commo-
tl''Dy way of anBWor I will repeat a
Btory that Is now bolng told In tho
clubs on tho best authority. A gen
tleman of English birth, but possess.
Ing In a marked degreo tho gift or
tongues, cnterod a woll known roa
taurant with tho air of bolng a Gor
man. Ho was soon on easy terms with
tho Touton, who, of courBO, attended
to hla creaturo comforts. Boforo leav
ing ho requested a fow minutes' prl
vato conversation with tho kollnor,
who by that tlmo had bocomo oxpan
bIvo. '"Havo you,' quoth tho linguist In
most fluont Gorman, 'your orders for
when tho groat moment ncrlvcs?
'"Oh, certainly!' replied tho waltor.
Wo all know exactly whero to go nnd
what to do.' "
LAST AMERICAN WOODEN SHIP.
Hmnr-UtfifoI Vel, Cln AI,
llullt In Mitlne In lHttit.
Tho Aryan, launched In Phlppsburg,
Mo., In 1893, Is tho last squaro-rlggcd
ship of wood built In the United Stntes
and tho only wooden ship classing Al
in both tho record of American ship
ping and In Lloyd's register.
Sho Is of 2,123 tons register, carries
ovor 3,000 gross tons, has three decks
and Is an strong as wood and metal
can mako hor, sayB tho Hoston Globe.
Hor framo Is whlto oak, docked In Bait
wntor over a year boforo being put
into hor, and la tho last whlto oak ship
frame cut In Now England, having
been tnkon from Now Hampshire for
ests. Her deck and planking aro of
hard plno.
When tho ship waa oponed In Now
York last year for Inspection tho sur
veyors gavo a certificate to the effoct
that she was as sound as any wooden
vessol. afloat, irrespective of ago.
Tho Aryan was built by C. V. Mlnott
& Co.. n firm that was composed of tho
late Charles V. Mlnott a man of ster
ling qualities, whoso name was woll
known In shipping circles for over half
a century and his son, Charles V.
Mlnott, Jr., a graduate of Dowdoln Col
lege and at present state senator from
Sagadahoc county.
Tho Aryan recently arrived at San
Francisco with coal from Philadelphia,
and loaded a cargo of asphalt, canned
salmon, wlno, redwood nnd scraplron
for New York.
FALSE TEETH TRAGEDY.
Ther Stuck In Thront of KnulUliiuun
nuil Throltlft! Him.
Numorous people, we believe, havo
swallowed their falso tcelh, and a few
perhaps been throttled by them. Hut
the latter occurrence Is so rare aB to
deserve passing ntolco. At Hlghbrldgo,
In England, a man wa3 found dead In
tho highway, presenting all the marks
of asphyxia. His body lay near tho
top of a hill. Tho autopsy disclosed
a plate of false teeth wedged tightly In
his throat across the opening Into tho
lungs. Thoy bo completely blocked
the passago that no air whatever could
pass, and appeared to have been held
In placo by tho suction of tho lurigu.
A medical witness offered tho expla
nation that tho man was walking up
the hill, breathing heavily. In somo
way the plato was looBoned and drawn
forcibly into tho throat by a "deep
breath." It happened to fall I n Hllrh
a position as Immediately to becomo
tigntiy wedged, bo that tho victim was
entirely unable to dislodge It. No one
being about It probably would not
havo made any difference If there had
been, becauso ho could not call out or
oven oxplaln what had hannenod h
wbb choked to death Just as effectually
.. I m . i it. , . .
mi u no nuu oeon garroteu or drowned.
If such accidents worp common it
might be deulrablo to Wear ffilnn tniti
on a chain as eyeglasses aro worn
urougnt out of a comer of tho mouth
and fastened to tho ear. Now York
Press.
A Gn-nt llrlu.
"So you think vnn win ,v.
- iiio uju
American matrlmonlnl marketr Bald
anno vuyenuo,
"I shall marry an holresB, if that la
what you mean," said Count Fucash
"I havo a tltlo to bo admired ami en
vied." "Trim Anil n nnnA l,l .
, .. w,M nuu KO,.H n ,on
way toward making n best Bcllor"
- uBiiiiiuiuu ouir.
ISver Faithful,
"Ho'b nlwayB wanting to borrow
money from mo."
"A fair-weathor friend merely."
"Oh. no: he has nlun
w iurrcn DO V"
oral umbrolloa," Loulsvlllo Courier-
ournai.
We Buppoao we have wretched taato
anyway, wo don't caro for Scotch
dialect.
Remember, glrU, the fairoat flowor
id uiuju uiu ursi io raao,
Honesty Is ono of the beat xcums
'HE
1
1 I -wf
1C22 Tho Indiana massacred JUmh,
Virginia colonist.
IfllRTlin in rut Hiinll.t ni,..i.
m 1 I., n . "
lurinuu 111 a luviuuiiL'O, H. I,
1C81 Tho Assombly of Ponnsyhui,
imiiunuu uiu urni excise
fifl1 r,1 lfnu..., CHtftn, ....... .
ilia cuuiiiiinniuii truin U10 Dukt tl
York, appointing him Governors
tho Province of Now York,
numml party of 8alr.burKer roach.
cu Havnnnan, ua., ana met with t
coruiai roccpuoiii
174- LouIh XV. of Franco decliJ
war against England.
1765 Pennsylvania Assembly nut b
ttpociui mcbkioii io arrango for cut
ting a road to Philadelphia for Ui
uso or urumiocK's army.
1705 Tho Urltlsh Stamp Act ktiai
law.
1776 Georgia's ono delcgato to tt
Continental Congress elected,
1776 Evacuation of Uoslon Ly thi
IlrltlBh.
tmf -1 T .. I. .. -n .t ..I 1 . X . .
ii 1 1 vui, uiiiiii imjiiiu uii-iii-u ipeu-
cr of tho -Maryland Assembly.
1779 Gen. Uonedlct Arnold reiltnd
his commission In the Amtrlcu
army.
1781 Ilrltish repulsed tho America
at Imttlo of Oullford, N. C.
1800 nrltlsh ship Qucon Charlotte it-
stroyod by nn explosion off Ut-horn.
1802 West Point Military Acaitsj
established.
18 It Napoleon Joined by all the nrr.j
after his return from Elba.
1S25 Pasturing of cows on Dottw
Common forbidden.
1833 United States pension office a-
tubllshed,
183C Constitution of tho Texas repub
lic ndoptcd.
1 838 Sir Francis Uond Head reslpd
office nn lieutenant governor S
upper Canada'.
1855 First public schools In Illboi
oatubllahed.
86C Railway train from Toronto t
Hamilton plunged through drtf
brldgo In Desjardlns canal, ul
novonty lives lost.
802 Cladstono presided at the pr
sentutlon In London of a nws
testimonial to Charles Kcan, l!
celebrated actor.
1803 Confederates under Clark ap-
Hired Mount Sterling, Ky.
1875 Gov. Tlldcn of Now York senti
measaKO to the Legislature detur-
Ing tho State canals to bo mlinua
aged and tho funds looted by extractors.
1877 George W. McCrary of Iowa U-
came Secretary of war.
1882 Samuel Illatchford of New Tort
appointed an associate Justice
the Supromo Court of the UnlW
Status.
1889 Menolllt II., Emperor of AbynU
In, nscondod tho throne.
....
1892 Tho Standard Oil trust uison
by consent of tho stockholders.
'891 A provincial plebiscite In No
Scotia showed an overwhelm
sentlrnont In favor of prohibition.
1897 Floots of the allied powers U
gun tho blockade of Crete.
1898 Dominion House of CommW
passed the Yukon Itallwny bill, w
the construction of a railway w
tho Klondlko.
1390 Queen Regent of Spain slgnd
treaty of peace with tho LnlteJ
Status.
1900 Canadian troops arrived at CiPJ
Town in enifUKO In War Wit" "',
Tlnnrit
1905 Hon. S. N. Parent, premier tt
Quebec, resigned.
1909 Congress of tho United BtW
convened In apodal session.
General strlko of telegraph,
... ..I nmnlnVeS "
jmuiiu ana iiuoiai v,..j .
Paris.
MANY ILLEGALLY MAERIED.
Court Docision Affects Now Yorkeri
Who "Wed Under 18.
Moro than 3,000 couplos In Nj
York bolluvo thomBolvea to M
rled, but thoy nro living ns hustaw
and wlvea without tho legal rig"'
3o so. This condition waa hrougnj
light by a decision in tho Aljpe"'
division of tho Supremo Court W
tlco Nathnn MUlor. .
Tho ruling hold that ovon tho w
ten conacnt of tho parents ftuthorii
a boy and girl under the legal nj
rlngenblo ago to wed dooa not m
tho wedding legal. .rt
About 70,000 mnrrlngo HconeM
Issued each yenr at tho city ha'1-
of thlB numbor nearly 2 por cem
obtained by persons undor tlia J
ago on tho written consent of
parents or guardians, or uu
M00 ench year.
"MrB. Comoup's conversation n "
'ectly killing."
"in w mt way ' .
i.mi M.r the WW'
auu way nuu mumvi-
qngllBh." Baltimore American.
"What a peculiar way that Oi"
ton girl holda hor lips." ... A
"If you propose to hor you"
out what it meana. Sho'a o"n"..
aay 'Yes.' " Clovoland Plain !